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Zorro is the secret identity of don Diego de la Vega (originally don Diego Vega ), a young man who is the only son of Don Alejandro de la Vega, the wealthiest landowner in California, while Diego's mother is dead.
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The True Tale of Zorro. In 1919, Johnston McCulley began to write a series of popular novels about a swashbuckling champion of justice. Dressed in black, disguised by a mask over his eyes, this adventurer was a master horseman and an expert swordsman, who moved silently and swiftly by night.
However, Zorro was, in reality, the alter-ego of a young Californian aristocrat Don Diego de la Vega. He is the only son of the richest man in all California, whose mother died many years ago. Diego went to university in Spain where he studied swordsmanship. [5]
People loved the masked Mexican Robin Hood character so much, it was made into a television series in the 1950’s, and eventually became a series of movies starring Antonio Banderas. Few people realize that McCulley was inspired by a real man, Joaquin Murrieta, when he invented Zorro.
The Real Zorro. Murrieta is believed to have inspired the fictional character of Zorro, the lead character in the five-part serial story, The Curse of Capistrano, written by Johnston McCulley, and published in 1919 in a pulp fiction magazine.
Aug 30, 2023 · On one level of a crumbling Californian gold mine, the original Zorro is a now aged and dying Don Diego de la Vega ( Anthony Hopkins ), and he grapples in his last breath with the man who stole...
Jul 9, 2016 · Zorro is one of the icons of 20th century culture. Although he is a fictional character, his story was based on biographies of at least three men: Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, Tiburcio Vasquez, and the most important to the legend – Joaquin Murrieta.
